{{Wiktionary|dispersal}}
'''Dispersal''' may refer to:
*Biological dispersal, the movement of organisms away from aggregations of individuals such as movement from their birth site **Dispersal vector, forces that carry seeds for plants **Oceanic dispersal, the movement of terrestrial organisms from one land mass to another by sea-crossing **Seed dispersal, the movement or transport of seeds away from the parent plant *Dispersal draft, a system in professional sports for reassigning players whose former team is defunct *Dispersal of ownership, breaking up large media companies and media conglomerates to diversify ownership of property rights *Dispersal (military), strategic spreading-out of military personnel and equipment to reduce collateral damage *Dispersal prison, one of five secure prisons in the United Kingdom that houses Category A prisoners *Dispersal index, for volcanic eruptions *The ''dispersal area'' of an aerodrome, where aeroplanes are parked away from the runway.
==See also== *Dispersion (disambiguation) *Dispersive (disambiguation) *Dispersity, a measure of the heterogeneity of sizes of molecules or particles in a mixture
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